Routine umbilical cord gas analysis – is it worth it?

Routine cord blood gas analysis – harmful or helpful?
Routine cord blood gas analysis – harmful or helpful?
It’s tiny, it’s cool, and it does something that #CTG sensors can’t do. What is it?
This is my regular reminder that CTG monitoring is a choice. Write like you believe this is true.
CTG monitoring is often recommended for women with higher BMI. What does the evidence say?
It seems logical that it should work, but focussing on fetal movement hasn’t improved outcomes. And I think I know why… #CTG #Ultrasound #IOL #Birth #Maternity #Midwifery #Obstetrics
Where are we up to with computer interpretation of the CTG? #CTG #EFM #FetalMonitoring #Maternity #Midwifery #Birth #Obstetrics
New evidence about the relationship between decelerations, accelerations, and hypoxic brain injury.
In pregnancies progressing beyond 41 weeks (prolonged pregnancy), women and their care providers often seek reassurance of fetal wellbeing to support continuing pregnancy. CTG monitoring is often advised, though there has never been a randomised controlled trial designed specifically to answer this question. Some of the women included in antenatal CTG trials summarised in the Cochrane review had prolonged pregnancies but they were mixed in with other women with different […]